RPC IV.3, 6485 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6485 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Ma´nu VIII
Person (obv.) Ma´nu VIII (king)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Dating 167–179, probably 167–169
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription KING MA´NV (in two lines in Estranghelo)
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 11 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1925 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 240, no. 10, pl. III.10 (drawing), obverse as 'Ma´nu VII' = BMC, pl. L.9
2 2     NY: 1983.57.1